Before Disney’s live-action of The Lion King broke box office records, the studio delivered a cast photo showing the voices of the characters in the reboot. Beyonce, Donald Glover, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner to John Oliver, Alfre Woodard, Eric AndrĂ©, Florence Kasumba, Keegan-Michael Key and more posed in all black.
The Beyhive was skeptical about their Queen’s placement in the picture, and it turns out they had reasonable doubt. Oliver, who voices Zazu, appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and confirmed that the “Flawless” singer was photoshopped into the picture.
âChiwetel was sitting in the front and he said, âYou need to be careful where your foot is,ââ John told Stephen, as seen in the clip below. “I looked down and there was just this piece of tape on the floor with BeyoncĂ©âs name written on it!â
âIt was like an electrical reaction. Just the future presence of BeyoncĂ© was so intimidating.” He added, “If you look at my face in there, I look really intimidated and thatâs because what Iâm doing is imagining that I am about to be put into a photo with BeyoncĂ© one day, and that was nerve-wracking enough!â